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'''Name and titles'''

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Melchizedek's name can be translated (from [[Hebrew]]) either as Zedek is my king or as My king is righteous. The former, which treats Zedek as a proper noun, is the translation favoured by most biblical scholars,[citation needed] and refers to a [[Canaanite]] deity with that name. In [[Genesis]], Melchizedek is also referred to as king of [[Salem]] (generally believed to be ancient Jerusalem), and priest of [[El Elyon]]. Though traditionally El-Elyon is translated as most high God, and interpreted as a reference to [[Yahweh]] (by tradition) or El (by some scholars), other scholars believe that it refers to Zedek - regarding El Elyon as referring to the most high god, and using Melchizedek's name as the indicator of who the deity was.

Melchizedek's name can be translated (from [[Hebrew]]) either as Zedek is my king or as My king is righteous. The former, which treats Zedek as a proper noun, is the translation favoured by most biblical scholars,[citation needed] and refers to a [[Canaanite]] deity with that name. In [[Genesis]], Melchizedek is also referred to as king of [[Salem]] (generally believed to be ancient Jerusalem), and priest of [[El Elyon]]. Though traditionally El-Elyon is translated as most high God, and interpreted as a reference to [[Yahweh]] (by tradition) or El (by some scholars), other scholars believe that it refers to Zedek - regarding El Elyon as referring to the most high god, and using Melchizedek's name as the indicator of who the deity was.